Sexual Abuse: Family Education & Treatment Program, Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, 51 Panorama Court Toronto, Ontario, Canada M9V 4L8.
Behav Sci Law. 2010 Jan-Feb;28(1):46-57. doi: 10.1002/bsl.912.
Most follow-up investigations of the effectiveness of specialized treatment for adolescents who have offended sexually have not included a comparison group. Furthermore, the average length of most previous studies is approximately 5 years. This investigation is a 10-year extension of our prospective, 10-year follow-up study of specialized treatment (Worling & Curwen, 2000). Recidivism data (criminal charges) were collected from a national database for 148 adolescents who had offended sexually. Adolescents were between 12 and 19 years of age (M = 15.5; SD = 1.5) at assessment, and the follow-up interval spanned from 12 to 20 years (M = 16.23; SD = 2.02). Relative to the comparison group (n = 90), adolescents who participated in specialized treatment (n = 58) were significantly less likely to receive subsequent charges for sexual, nonsexual violent, and nonviolent crimes. These data add to the growing body of research supporting the effectiveness of specialized treatment for individuals who have offended sexually.
大多数对有性犯罪倾向的青少年进行专门治疗效果的后续调查都没有包括对照组。此外，大多数先前研究的平均长度约为 5 年。这项调查是我们对专门治疗（Worling & Curwen，2000）进行的前瞻性、10 年随访研究的 10 年扩展。对 148 名有性犯罪倾向的青少年的累犯数据（刑事指控）进行了从国家数据库中收集。青少年在评估时的年龄在 12 至 19 岁之间（M = 15.5；SD = 1.5），随访间隔从 12 年到 20 年（M = 16.23；SD = 2.02）。与对照组（n = 90）相比，参加专门治疗的青少年（n = 58）因性犯罪、非性暴力犯罪和非暴力犯罪而受到后续指控的可能性显著降低。这些数据增加了越来越多的研究，支持对有性犯罪倾向的个人进行专门治疗的有效性。
